after an army veteran is found dead. how they' re using his story to reach out to others who are struggling tonight. 27-year-old aaron berns had been missing since the first of the year. evening, im courtis fuller thanks for joining us. berns, went missing after authorities say he started a fire at a morrow home and jumped in to a river to elude them. tonight, his family says while they' ve gotten closure they hope his death means more. wlwt news 5' s tammy mutasa spoke to his parents and joins us live with more. tammy? reporter: courtis. even though aaron' s body was found yesterday, the family wanted to still have the vigil today. not just for their son but for other people with ptsd. the vigil had already been planned for sunday but the closure came the day before. >> it felt like it was meant to be. reporter: aaron berns' body was found in the little miami river day. let' s -- >> it' s been a long two months, very long time. reporter: deputies say the 27-year-old jumped into the river while on the run from deputies. investigators say he set a morrow duplex on fire. >> it' s a nightmare the first two days police did a very intensive search near the river where he went missing the river was 8 feet above it' s normal level. reporter: before his death, berns was an army veteran. he went to combat on two tours in iraq. >> he did bring a lot of joy to the people he met over in iraq . he went around with the generals and he was the soldier on their side. reporter: but back home, his family says he struggled with post traumatic stress disorder. >> maybe this will wake up somebody somewhere to say we need to do something before young people come home and find out they can' t adjust. t find the peace he longed for maybe with this vigil someone else will. what -- >> i just hope that there are many other people out there maybe that are searching for peace that will be helped instead of finding an end such as this. berns' family said he had a tough childhood too. but he loved judo, martial arts and serving his country. reporting live tammy mutasa wlwt news 5. courtis: thanks a lot. the family continues to organize search parties for the past seven weeks throughout warren county. also new tonight. two people suffered minor injuries after a crash sent one car into an apartment in walnut hills. investigators say a car ran a red light at gilbert and nassau and collided with another car. the driver who ran the light hit the emery village apartments. a passenger in the car hurt -- suffered injuries to a hand. a girl inside the apartment taken to the hospital to be checked out. neither driver was hurt. police are looking for the person who shot someone in the stomach near a white castle. -- in avondale restaurant on reading road. police took the shooting victim to u.c. medical center. they haven' t released the person' s condition tonight. police say it' s unclear exactly where the shooting took place. or if the shooter knew the victim. an argument in westwood ended with a shot fired. it happened about 1:30 this morning in the 3,000 block of bracken woods lane. police say a family was drinking, when two people got into an argument, someone took out a gun and fired a shot, a bullet grazed one person. but they should be o.k.. happening tomorrow. cincinnati' s mayor and police chief will host their final forum about reducing violent crime. past sessions have suggested more development and job you can offer your ideas to deal with the violence at the college hill community center. the forum starts at 6:30 tomorrow night. tomorrow, the community will say goodbye to a west side legend. price hill chili owner chris beltsos died of cancer at the age of 47. today we found a long line of mourners outside the meyer and geiser funeral home waiting to pay their respects. beltsos' funeral takes place tomorrow. >> we heard some noises, you don' t really think much of it. you hear noises all the time. and then i heard it hit the siding and that is when i looked out the back window and saw a car speeding off. courtis: police in kalamazoo michigan arrested a man who went on the shooting spree. he shot a people, six of them died. >> more than 24 hours after shots were fired, people imprint. 45-year-old jason dalton. the shooting began on saturday just before 6:00 at it eight apartment complex. >> i checked out the back window and saw a car driving off. i looked out here and assault a woman laying down. the victim lay mother of three is in serious condition. the shooting continued for more than four hours. 64 killed including tyler smith and his father richard shot shopping for a new car. mary jo nine spent the evening in a play. seven hours after the shots were fired, police apprehended jason >> we found evidence that each one of these car crime scenes. reporter: dalton was a driver for uber. one man claims that he rode with them before he was arrested. >> icon us said jokingly to the driver, you are not the shooter, are you? reporter: they do not know why. >> we do not know what the motive is. our common denominator is nothing. reporter: community and did not have a criminal record. courtis: in the midst of this tragic incident, among the victims was a 14-year-old girl that was taken to the hospital and reported dead but was written rush to surgery -- was a squeezed her mother' s hand. two men suffered serious injuries after crash in center was. it happened on the 1600 block of poplar street. police believe that the driver was impaired. he is listed in critical condition tonight. the driver of the other car is in serious condition. in westwood. a building is boarded up tonight. after police say a driver crashed into it and took off. owners of a t.v. repair shop had to bring in structural engineers after the crash to make sure the building wouldn' t collapse. this was what the scene on harrison looked like early this morning right after the driver hit the building. a major milestone for a local athelete one of those moments caught on camera wlwt news 5' s elise jesse is in the newsroom to explain. elise: the simon kenton girls basketball program has had a they beat highlands thursday night on a buzzer beater from the other end of the court. derek forrest caught up with the team this week . derek: thanks a lot elise, i am here at grant county high school as simon kenton prepares for their district round matchup with grant county on monday night. but more specificially i am here to talk about their sopohomore guard ally niece who just broke the 2,000 point mark. >> i think i attack more than i shoot outside which is probably why i get a lot of my points. from attacking the rim and staying aggressive is probably my biggest thing. >> she can put the ball in the hole. and like she said, her strength is getting to the basket. but don' t let that fool you. because ally has chosen not to take that outside shot. and that is something we worked with her on. as far as shooting the ball from the perimeter. derek: and just when i thought my story was headed in one direction with ally, it headed in to another. evolving around the topic of her hitting this 3 quarters court shot thursday night versus highlands. >> we shoot sometimes, half anything back there and i never make them. so it wasn' t like i was like planning to make it or anything. derek: do you think after practice you can hit that shot for me? >> no, we can try. derek: and then this happened on her very first attempt. [applause] hitting not one 3 quarters court shot, but two within a week. so moving forward, ally ands simon kenton and will take on grant county right here monday night at 6pm. reporting from grant county high school, i' m derek forrest, wlwt news 5 sports. elise: great stuff there. coming up in sports we have an update on how jay bruce is doing at reds springs training as the rumor mill starts to churn. from the news room elise jesse wlwt news 5. courtis: thanks a lot. a busy weekend for presidential contenders including ohio governor john kasich. the move he made just today that could possibly make or break his and sometimes the best lessons come from the young people in society. how one girl' s love for stuffed animals is helping other local children find joy. erik: after a beautiful and mild weekend, cooler temperatures are starting to see them. eventually we do have some snow in the forecast. courtis: welcome back everyone. new developments tonight. ohio' s governor has approved a bill to strip funding from planned parenthood. today john kasich signed a measure, cutting more than a million dollars the agency receives through ohio' s health department. the mostly federal money supports hiv testing, cancer screenings and violence prevention. supporters want the money to help centers that don' t provide abortions. happening tomorrow. butler county will offer voters a chance to meet most of the candidates running to replace john boehner. 17 people are vying for his 8h th district seat. miami university will host two forums on monday. the first will take place at its westchester learning center. place in downtown hamilton. in commitment 2016 tonight. candidates are now focusing on super-tuesday after this weekend' s votes in south carolina and nevada. republicans will caucus on tuesday in nevada. democrats will have their primary in south carolina saturday. but both parties are looking ahead to tuesday march first, when candidates can win more delegates than any other day of primary season. south carolina winner donald trump is already on to the next race. trump: we are going one after another. are we going to win georgia? [cheers] but it is crunch time. we have to go out and vote. we have to get out there. we have to vote. courtis: hillary clinton won nevada. and bernie sanders is already campaigning in south carolina ahead of democrats' next vote. candidates stand on the big issues on wlwt.com. >> we see some donations from the hospitals, or from a corporate donor, but for an individual to give up her toys, for somebody else, it' s pretty special. courtis: they westchester teenager who suffers from asp burgers syndrome is showing everyone that nothing can stand in the way of doing something for others and making a difference for our youth. >> it was a really hard decision but i knew it was the right thing to do. courtis: meet 13-year-old kassidy, to say she loves her stuffed animals would be an uinderstatement, in fact she has about 500 stuff animals. that' s why her decision to bring many of them here to the west chester fire department is an important lesson about giving. t have stuff animals because of fires, well they' re homeless most of them so i decided to give up some of my stuff animals i really don' t play with anymore. >> it' s really great she' s really a special kid. she donates anything she can to anybody when she can. i never thought she would part with her sutff animals she' s had them for a while. she had 500 stuff animals they all had names, all had personalities and now they are getting good homes. courtis: now kassidy wants other children to donate stuff animals you might say this has become her mission, to share the joy those toys bring her, with other children who might be going through a rough time in their lives. >> mostly we see donations from the hospital or corporate donor but for an individual to give up her toys fior somebody else it' s pretty special. kassidy cleaver: when kids are scared and nervous they can have things to attach to like my first stuffed animal. she just turned 13 last month. by the way asperger' s is a condition that delays the development of many basic skills most notably the ability to socialize with others. courtis: a picture perfect weekend for weather now over. saturday was just gorgeous with temperatures reaching into the 70' s. and today, no real complaints. this is video our photographer shaun elliot shot up in west chester of some folks hitting the links at the eagle tee golf center. just a perfect weekend. erik: it is pretty amazing. temperatures in the upper 50' s. the still felt beautiful in comparison to saturday. hopefully we get the same thing tomorrow. this morning we started off with that was one of the weaker fronts move working his way. a little bit of cool front as we saw that inch, engine have rain across the area. right now we see dry conditions, a few high clouds near liberty encounter so. temperatures are starting to drop. 43 degrees, wind out of the north at 10 miles per hour. that is giving us our first windchill in days. it feels like 37 out there. 42 in hillsboro, 42 and dry ridge, 41 degrees georgetown, 37 in georgetown, 40 in mason, 21 degrees in hamilton. it is going to take most of the clouds and high pressure with the. we are some high pressure moving its way from the north. it will keep our weather on the quiet side and start to cool us off a little bit. overnight tonight we were going to drop into the lower 30' s. most of it is going to be new the freezing level. upper 20' s. nothing earth shattering. but we do have another big weather maker heading our way for the metal the week aaron that might bring up some milder weather before the cold stuff in canada by the end of the week. a pretty noncommittal day here. the two degree sister, the afternoon 46. a beautiful, sunshiny day. tuesday looks very much the same. not too much going on in the night. but partly mostly clear skies. tomorrow has a decent amount of sunshine. i' m calling for the same thing on tuesday two. we may see a few more clouds coming out from the southwest. the system will bring some rain from west virginia portions of virginia. but as we head into wednesday, that is when the big storm system goes across the heart of the country. it will bring us rain at first on wednesday. it' ll will be on that beside. thursday morning, that snow, we could see some snow showers here even some light accumulations. but it will be windy as we head into thursday. we' ll see snow back in the forecast. amateurs will plummet from the highs on the 50' s on wednesday. your forecast tonight is down to 32 degrees. partly cloudy skies and turning a little bit colder out there. maybe a little frost on the windshields. by the afternoon it' ll be 46, cooler with some sun and some clouds. a few more clouds on tuesday, wednesday is mild but rainy. than those temperatures fall all day thursday bringing snow showers a could even be slick in spots during the afternoon as temperatures drop below freezing. friday and saturday, some flurries. i can winter. so soak up the next couple of days. courtis: new video tonight of of a megabus fire in iliinois. despite the damage, no one was hurt. firefighters say the bus was fully engulfed by the time they arrived on scene. passengers say they smelled rubber from the start of their trip in chicago. at one point they heard a loud pop and then a big explosion. >> when i heard the first boom, i was in the bathroom and i came out to a lot of smoke. i could barely get off the bus because it was full of black smoke. and as i got off to catch my breath started walking down the highway the bus blew up again and fire came from everywhere. courtis: the cause of the fire is still under investigation tonight. hundreds of people huffed and puffed their way to healthier lungs today. the annual fight for air climb made its way up and down carew tower. racers ran or walked all 45 stories of the tower. and the ones taking on the vertical mile, climbed the 804 steps more than 10 times. american lung association. and it attracts many people, who lost family members to lung disease. >> i' ve watched what happens with people that don' t take care of themselves. so i climb the stairs for them. i climb the stairs for me, to keep me as healthy as possible. i want my lungs to outlive me. courtis: we' re still waiting on the total from today' s climb. the american lung association says all the money raised will stay in cincinnati. an over the rhine favorite kicked off today. art on vine showcased a number of handmade good as well as photography from more than 60 local artists. this was held at rhinegeist brewery today. this is the third year art on vine has been held at the brewery. during the spring and summer months, art on vine is held outdoors. here is an interesting concept fitness and brewing together. yes, beer. today, moerlein' s taproom began offering free yoga classes at its moore street location. after the workout, participants can then get a few drinks in the taproom. brewery towards will also be available. costumed characters from across the country helped fight cancer and set a world record today. music. there. philadelphia to do the electric slide and boogey to a few other songs. they set the record for the largest gathering of mascots in one location. event. deadpool has topped the weekend box office for a second week. the r-rated movie raked in an estimated 55 million dollars. kung fu panda three came in second, with more than 12 million dollars. and the newcomer risen finished third bring in nearly 12 million dollars. you have to wonder about the next story. what john lennon would have said about this. a four-inch lock of his hair sold on saturday, for $35,000. a hairdresser cut lennon' s hair on set of how i won the war that was back in 1967. the person who bought the lock is from the u.k. and collects entertainment mementos. based on what i have read on john lennon, i' m certain what i will that i would know what elise: if i can so my hair for that much money, it would all be gone. i would have a haircut. courtis: let' s talk sports today. elise: we are going to talk about the reds because george vogel has finally landed in arizona. are going to talk about the the difference between possible and impossible? it's a person who believes they can, surrounded and supported by others-by us- who believe it, too. u.s. bank -- the elise: welcome back, i'm elise jesse. 58 of the 62 players on the reds spring roster have arrived in goodyear, arizona our own george vogel is there too he' s been busy digging into the trade rumors that surround reds outfielder, jay bruce. >> we have made it to good feel, arizona. some scorpions come upon trees. and the cincinnati reds during spring training. jay bruce is already in camp. he did not know if he was going to be here. he has been the subject of some off-season trade rumors the most recent the baltimore orioles. he knows that it is part of the deal. >> i look forward to still being here and if something does happen, i completely understand. it is part of business. truly believe that the red sox do everything they can to keep the organization intact. making the move is part of the plan. i respect that. reporter: bruce you say makes a habit to get here early. but even the reds brass is not sure about that. with the reds in goodyear, i am george vogel. elise: fans at the dayton international speedway had all of the fun today as the daytona 500 returned in remarkable fashion. let' s go to florida now the daytona 500 going down today. denny hamlin, matt kenseth, carl edwards, and reigning nascar champ, kyle bush stayed close to each other throughout the race. but on the last lap, it' s denny hamilin pulling a hail mary move on martin truex jr. ending joe gibbs 23 year drought at this particular race it was the closest race in history. milliseconds. the women of xavier in their last home game taking on seton hall. second quarter, madisson blackwell grabs the loose ball, xavier gets it up ahead to jenna crittendon for the layup, xavier up 2. seton hall would grab the lead and begin to pull away, aleesha powell with the 3 out of the corner, pirates up 7. but xavier kept it close, the kick out to marquia turner for the 3. but, seton hall picks up the win as xu loses their 4th game in a row with the 72-67 loss. courtis: you have sports rock coming up next. elise: this we do. jeff will be with us. so fancy. we have another expert with us. courtis: final check of our weather. re going to bounce around this week. we saw the highs this week in, 46 degrees for monday. as we head into tuesday a little bit warmer a few more clouds. going conservative on those temperatures on wednesday, i would not be surprised if we are in the upper 50' s on wednesday afternoon. turning colder with some snow showers in light accumulation' s by thursday and flurries on friday. 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